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Teaching Five takeaways from Trump's State of the Union speech

Five takeaways from Trump's State of the Union speech

It's the halfway point of Donald Trump's first term in office, and - for more than an hour - the president had the nation's undivided attention. It was a speech that was billed as bipartisan, but beneath the flowery language were the same sharp divides and disagreements.\n\nHere are five takeaways from the president's address, plus analysis of the Democratic response.

Anthony Zurcher
BBC News

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Do you think the article's author reported on the State of the Union accurately and objectively?
STANDARDS:
RH.1 - Meaning & Evidence, RH.2 - Main Ideas, RH.8 - Evaluate Argument

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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